Title Black firefighters and the FDNY : the struggle for jobs, justice, and equity in New York City / by David Goldberg

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource Series Justice, power, and politics Justice, power, and politics. Contents The early origins of ethnic insularity and racial exclusion in the New York City Fire Department -- The bravest of the brave : New York's first generation of black firefighters, 1898-1934 -- Fighting a good fight : the formation of the Vulcan Society, 1932-1945 -- Postwar civic and civil rights unionism : the Vulcan Society's golden age, 1946-1963 -- A black face in a high place, fire commissioner Robert O. Lowery : reform, retrenchment, and the limitations of racial liberalism -- From black power to class action : the International Association of Black Professional Firefighters and the rise of fire department discrimination litigation -- The last bastion of white male privilege : race, gender, and the FDNY, 1977-1999 -- Free at last? Black firefighters and the FDNY in the twenty-first century Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject New York (N.Y.). Fire Department -- History -- 20th century New York (N.Y.). Fire Department. Vulcan Society -- History -- 20th century SUBJECT New York (N.Y.). Fire Department fast New York (N.Y.). Fire Department. Vulcan Society fast Subject African American fire fighters -- Employment -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Civil rights -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century Fire departments -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. African Americans -- Civil rights Fire departments New York (State) -- New York Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781469633633 1469633639 9781469633640 1469633647 9781469661469 1469661462

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